In the Loop

Newsletter of the Hook and Needle Guild

March 2015

Meeting Notes:
February Program : Workshop: Dos and Donts for Photographing
Your Project was not held due to emergency in our presenters family.
We hope to reschedule the program for the fall.

Business Meeting Notes:

Elections were not held due to lack of interest in the membership for serving in the leadership
positions. A discussion was held about the future of the guild without resolution to next
steps. The Hook and Needle Guild needs your input to continue. If you are interested in
participating in the future of the guild, please contact Becky and Jen at
hookandneedleguild@gmail.com.

The Knitting Retreat in Wareham MA will be held June 12, 13, 14. If you are interested, 50%
deposits will be due at the March meeting or you may pay in full. We expect the full cost of
the retreat to be $140.00 pp. The retreat is held at the Sacred Heart Retreat Center. Cost
includes room and five meals. We enjoy the peaceful and lovely grounds which include a
private beach on Widows Cove and walking trails. No formal program is planned. We knit,
laugh, snack, nap, read and enjoy being away our routines for a weekend.

Charity Knitting: Well be knitting warm scarves to be collected at the September meeting.
Scarves will be donated to the soup kitchen at St. Matthews Church, Pawtucket. At the
holidays, visitors to the soup kitchen are provided with a wrapped gift: warm hats, gloves and
scarves. The staff finds that hats and gloves are easy to acquire for the program, but quality
scarves are more difficult to provide. There are no yarn or color requirements for the
scarves. We do know that the recipients are predominantly male. We hope you will find
some knitting time to knit a warm scarf. One recipient expressed his gratitude: Its like a
warm hug.

Mark your Calendar for Upcoming Meetings Plans:

March 25
designs.

Knitting Designer Casapinka: Link to Ravelry pattern search for Bronwyns

April 29 Spring Needle Felting with Caitlyn Tella

May 27

Stretching for Knitters, certified yoga instructor Liz Maynard

June 26: Annual end of year potluck by the Blackstone River.

Future Programming

Contact Information

Help the H&N Guild to continue to offer

interesting meetings and learning experiences.
Our membership is filled with talented
needlecrafters who are passionate about what
they love to do. What techniques or interesting
ideas have caught your eye? Have you heard of
a speaker, workshop or class that we could bring
to meetings? Have you learned a new trick
lately that you could share? Share your ideas
with the guild board and help fulfill the guilds
mission of education and development.

President: Becky Ebeling

You might be interested:

ebelingorama@gmail.com or rebeling
Treasurer: Karen Holmes
karenholmes@icloud.com or buzzknit

Secretary :Jen Simoneau

jensimoneau@verizon.net or jensknits
Librarian: Nancy Tella
ntella1@verizon.net or scraphappy
http://hookandneedleguild.weebly.com/

Woolpalooza March 28th at MA.

Audubon's Drumlin Farm Wildlife
Sanctuary, Lincoln MA.
2nd Annual Fiber Market with Norah Gaughn on
April 11 at York Harbor Inn, York Harbor, ME.
The 4th Annual Great Rhody Yarn Crawl is
taking place April 17/18/19th 2015. Details here
28th Annual Sheep Shearing Festival, April 25 in
Waltham MA

MEMBERSHIP DUES
Annual membership dues of $25 ($15 for new members after January 1st) can be paid by cash or check
(payable to The Hook and Needle Guild) either paid at a meeting or mailed to:
Karen Holmes, karenholmes@icloud.com Please pm Karen for mailing address information.

The Hook and Needle Guild usually meets the last Wednesday of the month 6:30pm-9pm from
September to June at Slater Mill, 67 Roosevelt Avenue, Pawtucket, RI 0280.
Email the Guild at hookandneedleguild@gmail.com